Pianist has to see the movie screen in order to synchronize his play with the visuals. It was much better than i expected. Very human. Got me thinking why people still love musicals & opera. I went to a musical version in london a couple of years ago, but it never managed to leave an impression on me in terms of the story or the characters. Only thing i admired/appreciated was the human effort, i recall. Which, of course, is important but in many cases not enough.

There was one person (at least). Soon afterwards the pianist came in in his winter coat wearing a backpack.

Came to see Phantom of opera (silence movie) + live piano performance.. According to expert, this was the form of cinema showing for 30 years..

Some reflections: 1) after mid night is the only truly uninterrupted working hour (unless you have colleagues in different time zone). 2) *tv sucks. 3) Intensive/excessive overworking days are better than getting stressed over a stretched period of time. 4) bright light is nice.

After nice dinner w a korean visitor (high school alum)..